Sugar and Spice Shadowbox

If you missed it, yesterday was my first day as a design team member at the Cricut FANatics blog. Just thought I'd go ahead and share my project here too. You can get all the details here. Be sure to check out the other projects, there are one or two new ones every day. Also, you can leave comments for chances to win some great prizes!

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Cricut Fanatics Design Team Project

Hi everyone! Today is my first day as a design team member for the Cricut Fanatics Blog. Please come on over and check out my project and all the other projects posted by the members of the team!
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Another Birthday Card

This one is for my son, who's birthday is on Wednesday. He has gotten into rock climbing the past couple of years so I was happy to find this cut in the Silhouette Store.

The actual cut is just the blue part, but I was able to create the shadow by using the offset feature. I created the sentiment tab with the software too, using print and cut.
The striped paper is DCWV from the Autumn Melody stack. The blue and brown paper is Coordinations. On the rock portion of the cut, I sanded the paper a little with a nail file, then lightly inked it with Old Linen Distress Ink. I added some small copper brads to complete it.

Here's the inside, just a little pun. This cut is from the Cricut Cupcake Wrappers cartridge. I'm finding that I am using both my Cameo and Cricut on quite a few projects. I guess it's just nice to have so many options!
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Stick Pin Swap

Hi everyone. I recently participated in my first stick pin swap with some of the members of the Circle. There were three groups of 20 and we were to make 2 pins per group. I was only in one group, but after seeing some of the lovely pins that were created, I wished I had been in all three! Anyway, here are the pins I made.

Part of the swap was to create a holder to put the pins in. I came up with a matchbook style holder. It was pretty simple, especially compared to what some of the others did.

 

Here are the pins I received in the swap. The dress form pin cushion if from JoAnn's. Isn't it perfect?

They are all beautiful, unique and just fun to look at. This was a fun swap and I'm looking forward to doing more charm and bead type projects. Yup, yet another crafty thing to obsess over!

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Happy 50th

My husband celebrated his 50th a few  weeks ago. So far he seems to be taking it well! He has a great sense of humor, a super quick wit, and he will zing anyone if he gets the chance. My cards for him are almost always humorous and if I can get one on him, well I'm going to do it.

 The paper is from Cosmo Cricket, the Joy Ride collection. I used my Cricut to cut the images for this card. The girl is from Forever Young, the word bubble from Create a Critter and the argyle mat from Elegant Edges. I added some faux stitching with a Sew Stamper. The numbers are Thickers Sparkles. The sentiment is computer generated. The inside reads: I know how sensitive old people can be about their age!
He had a wonderful birthday celebration with our girls, their husbands and the grand kids. One of our sons in law cooked an awesome dinner and I made his favorite German chocolate cake. I don't think he really even minded that I teased him about getting old!
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It's Been Awhile (again!)

It's been over a month since I've posted anything, but then, I really haven't been crafting much lately. I guess we all get in our little crafting funks though, don't we? I did just finish a Copic coloring class - see my new badge on the sidebar?- and I will say I was spending some quality time with my markers. I guess I need to do more stamping so I can show off my new skills, ha, ha!
 Anyway, I thought I'd share a couple of cards I made a while back. I used the Close To My Heart Dotty paper pack for these, I really like the bright vibrant colors. The butterfly is a stamp from the CTMH Love Clusters set. It was stamped with Lagoon ink then heat embossed with a Halographic embossing powder.They are adhered to the cards with foam tape.

 On the first card,  small rhinestones were added to the body. Some small butterflies were stamped then heat embossed to the yellow polka dot paper. A yellow satin ribbon was tied around the card, and a button was added with some hemp twine.
 On the next card pearls were used for the butterfly body and a pearl flourish was added to the yellow background. Seam binding, which was dyed light yellow, was tied around this card. Machine stitching was added to both cards, but a smaller, tighter setting was used for the bottom card.
If you're interested in the Copic class, Created by Color is now registering for another basic class that's starting in August. Just go HERE for the info. I highly recommend this class!
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Altered Box Swap, Part 2

A week or so ago I shared the box I made for this swap. Today I'm sharing the box I received. I have to say, this box more than exceeded any expectations I had! The person who made it for me, RockinRenee, really put a lot of work into it (or she at least made it look like she did!) Anyway, I love it, and here it is:

Every inch of this lovely box was decorated, even the bottom! This is the front, side and back. The papers and embellishments are from My Mind's Eye, Lost and Found. Isn't it gorgeous? I really love the feet that she added too.

 This is the top of the box, and yes, that's a real working clock! 

Here's a peek at the inside lid, another dimensional sticker and the clock works...

 And here's the inside view of the bottom part of the box. See, every bit is decorated!

The box itself really would have been enough for me to be happy, but then, it was filled to the brim with goodies. I think it's the entire Lost and Found collection!

Then, for the handmade item, Renee included these tags she cut that coordinate with the stamps.

Can you see why I was so thrilled to receive this box? It's absolutely wonderful and sits on the corner of my work desk so I can see it whenever I'm in my craft room. I also always know what time it is now.
This was a really fun swap and I'm so glad I participated in it. It was so interesting to see how everyone decorated their boxes so differently, and really, everyone did an amazing job! Thank you, Renee, for making mine extra special!
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